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NASA Backs Quantum Computing Claim

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-they-did-not-shoot-the-deputy dept.

narramissic writes "Canadian startup D-Wave's demonstration via Web link of a prototype quantum computer in mid-February was met with skepticism in the academic community, but NASA has confirmed that it did, in fact, build a special chip used in the disputed demonstration. According to an article on ITworld, D-Wave designed the quantum chip and then contracted with NASA to build it."

3 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. Re:contracted NASA?? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    How else is NASA supposed to afford diapers?!

  2. Re:Existence does not imply functionality. by Bobzibub · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it would simultaniously crash into Mars and not.

    Go Team Canada!

  3. Scientists Develop First Irish Computer by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, you see me boy, they did and they didn't. Or, t'was and 'twasn't, or, to be sure, to be sure, they might've but they mightn't've.

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    Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]